On 21 December 2017, the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in case No. 2017-03-01 “On Compliance of the Fourth and the Sixth Part of Section 30, the Fifth and the Sixth Part of Section 48, Para 5 of Section 50, and Para 21 of the First Part of Section 51 of Education Law with the First Sentence of Article 100 and the First […]
On Monday, 18 December, diplomas to the newly elected members of the Latvian Academy of Science (hereinafter – LAS) were awarded at the LAS. A diploma was awarded also to Ineta Ziemele, the President of the Constitutional Court, a professor of the Riga Graduate School of Law, who on 23 November of the current year was […]
On 19 December 2017, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2017-02-03 “On Compliance of Para 2 of Annex 2 to the Cabinet Regulation of 7 January 2004 No. 16 “Procedure for Assessing and Managing Noise” with Para 7 of Section 3 and Section 181 (3) of the Law “On Pollution” and Article 111 and Article 115 of the Satversme of the Republic […]
Today, on 8 December, the annual conference of the Constitutional Court is held at the Saeima. The topic chosen for the conference of this year is “ Constitutional Control and the State Budget”. The topic of the conference is examined from the perspective of experience gained by four Member States of the European Union – […]
Today, on 7 December, a meeting between the Justices of the Constitutional Court of Latvia, the Constitutional Court of Belgium and the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic was held at the Constitutional Court in the framework of tri-lateral cooperation. During the meeting, the Justices of the Constitutional Court discussed reviewing the legality of legislative procedure. […]
On 24 November 2017, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On compliance of the Order of 1 August 2017 by the Minister for the Environmental Protection and Regional Development (hereinafter also – the Minister) No. 1-13/6038 “On suspending Para 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the decision of 16 June 2017 by the Salaspils […]
On 24 November 2017, the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in the case “On compliance of Para 1 of Section 50 of Education Law, insofar it denies a person, who has been punished for serious or particularly serious crimes, to work as a teacher, with Article 106 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The Contested […]
On 17 November 2017, the Constitutional Court adopted a decision on terminating legal proceedings in the case “On Compliance of Section 18(1) and Section 21(1) of Official Language Law with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms Section 18 (1) of Official Language Law: “Place names in the Republic of Latvia shall be […]
On 16 November 2017, the Constitutional Court pronounced judgement in case No. 2016-16-01 “On Compliance of Section 3, Section 5 and Section 6 of the law “On Solidarity Tax” with the First Sentence of Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms Section 3 of the law “On Solidarity Tax”: “The tax object shall […]
On 13 November 2017, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 26 (1), the First Sentence of Para 12 of Section 128(2) and Para 6 of Section 132 (1) of the Civil Procedure Law, insofar they Set the Obligation to Indicate in the Statement of Claim the Declared Place of Residence of the Defendant, […]
